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Maureen Hingert Dies: ‘Gunmen From Laredo’, ‘The King And I’ Actor Was 88


Maureen Hingert, who represented Ceylon in the 1955 Miss Universe pageant and went on to act in a string of films and TV shows, died June 30.

Maureen Hingert, 'Captain David Grief' 1959TV Guide / Courtesy Everett Collection Maureen Hingert, who represented Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the 1955 Miss Universe pageant and went on to become an actor in such films as Gunmen From Laredo and The King and I as well as several 1950s TV series, died June 30 at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif.. She was 88. In 1958, sometimes under her stage name Jana Davi, she appeared in the films Gun Fever, The Rawhide Trail and Fort Bowie and an episode of Death Valley Days. The following year she starred in the Western film Gunmen From Laredo and an episode of the short-lived series Captain David Grief, based on Jack London stories, before retiring to raise a family.

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